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1) Name the new micro insurance product scheme whichhas recently been launched by LIC to commemorate thecorporations 56th anniversary: Jeevan Deep

2) Who will be the 39th Chief Justice of India fromSeptember 29, 2012:Altamas Kabir

3) Syed Mustafa Siraj who passed away recently was aneminent:Veteran Bengali Writer

4) Which two countries are having disputes over the 330mega watt hydro electric project Kishenganga beforeinternational court of Justice: India and Pakistan

5) The disputed hydro electric project Kishenganga which isbetween India and Pakistan is constructed on whichriver: Tributary of Jhelum (Bandipur, Jammu &Kashmir)

6) Who has recently became the first golfer to make morethan $100 million in earnings on the PGA Tour in USA :Tiger Woods

7) Who has recently been appointed as Chief Economistand Senior Vice President of the World Bank: KaushikBasu

8) India has recently signed pacts with which country toboost the textiles business against the back drop of afree trade agreement being finalized between twonations as their celebrate 20 years of diplomaticrelations: Israel

9) What amount has been announced by India forcontribution to International Monetary Fund: 10 billionUS dollar

10) Who is the author of the book Maharani: Ruskin Bond

11) Name the first IndianAmerican business women whohas been selected as a democratic national conventionParliamentarian in US: Smita Shah

12) The government has recently setup committee toexamine how Panchayats can be leveraged for moreefficient delivery of public good and services. Thecommittee headed by: Mani Shankar Aiyar (M.P. ofCongress)

13) Which Indian politician has been figured in the list of 50most influential people in the world of Finance as datedby Bloomberg Markets magazine: Mamta Banerjee

14) Government has recently formed Vijay Kelkar Committeeto formulate the ______________ to control the fiscaldeficit of the government: Fiscal Consolidation RoadMap

15) Which country is going to extend its help to Bihar inagriculture, solar energy, water harnessing and healthinsurance: Israel

16) Which public sector bank has recently decided tomassively increase its point of sale terminals to one lakhby next march from the current 18,500: State Bank ofIndia

17) Recently India has beat Cameroon to win ___________at New Delhi: Nehru Cup of Football

18) Which committee has recently recommended topostpone the controversial tax provision GAAR by threeyears: Parthasarathi Shome

19) What is the full form of GAAR: General AntiAvoidance Rules

20) The recent recommendations made by the ParthasarathCommittee are: Postponement of GAAR by threeyears and abolition of capital gains tax ontransfer of securities

21) Government has prescribed strict ______ for mobiletowers with a view to reduce emission by 90 per cent toone-tenth of the present levels: Radiation EmissionNorms

22) The penalty for not following the Radiation EmissionNorms which has recently been prescribed by the

government is: Rs. 5 lakh per tower

23) Reserve bank has agreed to remove the cash retractionsystem from all ATMs to deal with the increasing numbeof fraudulent claims about non receipt of cash. The saidproposal has been made by: National PaymentsCorporation of India

24) The system that enables the ATM to take back thecurrency if it is not removed within a certain time : CashRetraction System

25) The London Para Olympic Games 2012 was inauguratedby which international personality: Stephen Hawking

26) Mitt Romney, who is contesting against Barack Obama

(Democratic Party) in the US Presidential election is fromwhich party: Republican Party

27) This year (2012) USA has its ________presidentiaelection which will be held on 6 th November 2012: 57th

28) _______has created a world record for spending highestnumber of hours in spacewalk by a female astronaut :Sunita Williams

29) Name the newly appointed chief of Indian Navy who isan anti-submarine warfare specialist: AdmiraDevendra Kumar Joshi


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30) Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi who recently took overas chief of navy from __________________: AdmiralNirmal Verma

31) Name the Chinese Defence Minister who visited Indiarecently: General Liang Guanglie

32) Which bill has recently been passed by Lok Sabha thatseek to protect women, including domestic workers,from sexual harassment at work place: The SexualHarassment of Women at Workplace (prevention,

prohibition & Redressal) Bill, 2010

33) Anil Bordia who passed away recently was an eminent:educationist, activist, and former civil servantfrom Rajasthan

34) Who has recently been re-elected as the president ofAngola: Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

35) Government has recently announced to cover 3.40 crorefamilies under which medi-claim scheme: TheRashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

36) Lakshmi Sahgal, who passed away was a well-known_________: Freedom Fighter

37) The Pacific Islands Forum summit 2012 was recentlyheld in: Cook Islands (country in the South PacificOcean)

38) Recently which state government has allocated Rs. 1500crore for developing green cover in Eastern Ghats:Tamil Nadu

39) Recently large uranium deposits have been discoveredat which place: Rohil ( Rajasthans Sikar district)

40) Which nation has topped the Global CompetitivenessIndex for the year 2012- 2013 compiled by the WorldEconomic Forum: Switzerland (followed bySingapore and Finland)

41) Indias ranking in the in the Global CompetitivenessIndex 2012-2013 declined by three placesto_______________ and the report noted that Indiasinfrastructure is largely insufficient and ill-adapted to theneeds of the economy: 59th

42) Recently the 16th Non Aligned Movement (NAM) summitwas held in : Iran

43) Recently 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting andrelated meeting were held at Siem Reap. In whichcountry Siem Reap is located: Cambodia

44) Which real estate firm was recently ordered by SupremeCourt to refund around Rs. 24,000 crore to its investors:Sahara

45) Hunar Se Rozgar Tak initiative is undertaken by whichministry: Ministry of Tourism

46) Which state government has recently instituted nutritionawards at the district level to check malnourishmentamong children: Haryana

47) Recently in which state, Government of India haslaunched National Vocational Education QualificationFramework pilot project ( NVEQF): Haryana

48) Which stock exchange has launched a new category of

membership called Alpha for firms that do not handlecustomer funds: NSE

49) The expert committee on General Anti Avoidance Rules(GAAR), headed by Parthasarathi Shome, has advocatedpostponement of the controversial tax provision uptowhich year: 2016-17

50) Rolf Heuer, who recently visited India is the DirectorGeneral of which International Organization: EuropeanOrganization for Nuclear Research ( CERN)

51) In which sports India got its first medal at the LondonParalympics Games 2012: Mens High Jump

52) Recently unveiled Indias first passenger solar electricvehicle ARKA- The Sun Car is designed by____________: Delhi Technological University

53) Presently how many Indian banks have been identifiedas global systemically important banks (G- SIBs) undeBasel III: Zero

54) Recently which IT major has signed an agreement withWest Bengal government for designing andimplementing ICT solutions for the rural employmenguarantee scheme in the state: Tata Consultancy

Services Ltd.

55) Recently who has been appointed as World Banks newcountry director for India: Onno Ruhl

56) Air India has got its first Dreamliner aircraft recentlywhich is a _________:Advanced Boeing 787

57) Recently in which state , the centre has allowed to setup an exclusive Information Technology InvestmentRegion (ITIR):Andhra Pradesh

58) What is the main purpose to set up Post Bank of Indiaby the Department of Posts (DoP): to provide bankingservices with special focus on rural areas

59) Who is the author of the upcoming book Joseph AntonSalman Rushdie

60) Which bank has recently announced to launch non-cashtransactions through social networking site - FacebookICICI

61) Which country has topped the London Paralympicsmedal table: China

62) Who is the winner of the US Open Tennis 2012 Menssingle event: Andy Murray (UK)

63) Andy Murray has grabbed the title of US Open Tennis2012 mens single by defeating ________: NovakDjokovic (Serbia)

64) Who is the winner of the US Open Tennis 2012 Womenssingle event: Serena Williams (USA)

65) Serena Williams has grabbed the title of US Open Tennis2012 Womens single by defeating_________________Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)

66) Recently India has agreed to extend developmentassistance of 10 million US dollars to ____________ andto support its bid for a full United Nations membershipPalestine

67) Name the Palestines President who visited India
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recently and signed 3 pacts with India to enhancebilateral cooperation: Mahmoud Abbas

68) The 3rd East Asian Ministerial Conference on Sanitationand Hygiene was recently held in________: Bali

69) Which State government has recently launchedunemployment allowance scheme: Uttar Pradesh

70) Recently government has increased the number ofguaranteed work days under MGNREGA from 100 daysto_________: 150 days ( only in drought affectedareas)

71) Recently in which state, the Ministry of Environment andForests has suspended the 93 mining licences: Goa

72) Who has recently been elected as new Prime Minister ofLibya: Mustafa Abu Shagour

73) The 52nd National Open Athletics Championships wasrecently held in______________: Chennai

74) Ranganath Misra, who passed away recently was a________________: Former Chief Justice of India

75) Which state will soon get Indias largest industrialexhibition centre: Gujarat

76) Recently Union Cabinet has allowed ________ percentof FDI in Civil Aviation sector: 49%

77) Recently which bank has become the first bank to offerRupay Kisan Card with Aadhar authentication: OrientalBank of Commerce

78) The 52nd National Open Athletics Championships wasrecently held in___________: Chennai

79) Who will be conferred with the Bhartiya Jnanpithsprestigious Moorti Devi Award(24th) for the year 2010:Prof. Gopi Chand Narang (also awarded withPakistans top civilian award Sitara-e-Imtiaz)

80) Who has recently been elected as the Chairman of theAudit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2012- 2013:Shailesh Gupta

81) Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, who was recently in news isa__________________: Badminton player

82) Atanu Sen has recently been appointed as________________: new MD & CEO of SBI Life

83) Where is National Geo-Physical Research Institute whichwas in news recently: Hyderabad

84) Who will be the new Prime Minister of Ethiopia after thedeath of Meles Zenwai: Haile Mariam Desalegn

85) Who has recently been honoured with ODI Cricketer of

the year by the ICC:Virat Kohli

86) Recently which country has successfully test fired thenuclear capable Babur cruise missile with a range of700: Pakistan

87) The lady from Myanmar who has been honoured withUSA Congressional Gold Medal :Aung San Suu Kyi

88) After recent mid quarter review of monetary policy byReserve Bank of India ( in September 2012), what arethe Cash Reserve Ratio and Repo rate: 8% and 4.50%

89) Recently India has successfully flight tested its nuclear

capable surface to surface Agni-IV missile. What is thestrike range of Agni-IV missile: 4000 km

90) Which Satellite is being developed by Space ApplicationsCentre (Ahmedabad), to keep an eye on the country toalert authorities of trouble spots, natural disastersfloods and forest fires within five minutes of the eventGISAT

91) What is the full form of GISAT: Geo-Imaging Satellite

92) India has recently beaten ______________ in the DavisCup Asia-Oceania group I in Tennis at ChandigarhNew Zealand

93) The Babur, a cruise missile which has recently beensuccessfully test fired by Pakistan. What is its basicfeature: it can carry both nuclear and conventionawarheads over a range of 700 km

94) What is the another name for missile named Baburwhich has recently been successfully test fired byPakistan: Hatf-VII

95) Which cricket player has been honoured with ICC TestCricketer of the year and the Peoples Choice Award byICC for the year 2012: Kumar Sangakara

96) India and Burundi have recently signed three MOUs focooperation in the fields of _____________: EducationHealth and Medicine, and Rural Development

97) Name the President of Burundi (Eastern Africa) whovisited India recently: Pierre Nkurunziza

98) The Capital of Burundi is: Bujumbura

99) Recently anti Japan protests took place in China. Theprotest was raised by the citizens of China on the issueof ___________: disputed island in East China seaas Japan said it had agreed a deal to buy a chainof disputed islands in East China Sea from theirprivate Japanese owner

100)World Bamboo Day is observed on_________September 18

101)Which state has recently launched the first ever bambooguitar on the occasion of World Bamboo DayNagaland

102)What is the full form of NBRC: Nagaland BambooResource Centre

103)Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre which has recentlylaunched the first ever bamboo guitar on the occasion ofWorld Bamboo day is at which place: Dimapur (Nagaland)

104)Which Scheme has recently been launched by the centreto empower adolescent boys by educating them ongender sensitivity and moral behavior: Saksham

105)Recently an Indian IT major has been awarded a speciacommendation at the Asian Human Capital Award 2012for __________: its initiative to train professionalsfrom the backward community and below povertyline families in rural India

106)Saksham a scheme to focus on adolescent boys havebeen launched by which ministry: Ministry of Womenand Child Development


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107)Till date which state has become the first opendefecation free state under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan :Sikkim

108)As per the target setup by the government India will beopen defecation free by _________: next ten years

109)Aung San Suu Ki, who has recently been presented withthe Congressional Gold Medal by America is theChairperson and General Secretary of which politicalparty in Myanmar: National League for Democracy

110)The State Bank of India has planned to add _______branches this fiscal as compared to 645 branches in thefiscal year 2011-2012: 1200

111)Which state will be establishing a model solar farm tomanufacture export grade 99 per cent NaCl purity salt:Gujarat ( it will be based on the internationallypatented technology of the Central Salt Marine &Chemical Research Institute)

112)ISRO launched its ___________ satellite on 9thSeptember when the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle- C21blasted off from Sriharikota: 100th

113)Name the Iraqs fugitive Vice-President, who was

convicted of murder and sentenced to death by hanging:Tareq Al Hashemi (fled to Iraqi Kurdistan to avoidarrest on murder charges. At present he is living in

Turkey.)

114)Where did NASAS land rover Curiosity landed on marson August 5/6 2012:Gale Crater

115)Indias Mars Orbiter Mission is likely to be launched inNovember 2013. What kind of rocket will be used byISRO for this mission: Extended Polar SatelliteLaunch Vehicle

116)The first Monday of October every year is observed as:World Habitat Day

117)To which country has India offered a stake in the 15000crore Tipaimukh Hydroelectric project: Bangladesh

118)The proposed Tipaimukh hydroelectric project is inwhich state and on which river: Manipur/River- Barak

119)___________ of Karnataka gave India its first medal atthe London Paralympic Games after bagging silver in theMens High Jump event: H N Girisha

120)Name the person who passed away and is also known asArchitect of the Operation Flood, Father of WhiteRevolution & was founder of Anand Milk UnionLtd.(Amul): Dr. Verghese Kurien

121)What is the full form of XBRL: eXtensible Business

Reporting Language

122)What is XBRL: it is a language to electronicallycommunicate financial and operationalinformation between businesses and other userssuch as analysts, investors and regulators

123)Recently Union Cabinet has allowed ______ percent ofFDI in Multi Brand Retail: 51%

124)Recently in which sector Union Cabinet has allowedincrease in the FDI limit from 49% to 74%:Broadcasting

125)As per the announcements made by the union cabine100 per cent FDI would be notified soon in : SingleBrand Retail

126)Moreh which was recently in news in context with theIndia-Myanmar-Thailand tri-connectivity project islocated in _______: Manipur

127)Recently World Bank has approved a $106 million creditto the government of India for what purpose: toimprove the nutritional outcomes for children less

than six years of age

128)The government has made ____________ mandatory inorder to further reduce transaction cost of theimporters: Electronic Payment Of Customs Duty

129)Reserve Bank of India has permitted Indians to invest inwhich neighbouring country to promote bilateral tradeand investment: Pakistan

130)The Finance Ministry has recently declined permission towhich countrys bank to open branch in India apparentlydue to security concerns and threat of moneylaundering: Iran ( Parsian Bank)

131)Recently centre has asked states to introduce

_________ in mid day meal schemes in schools to boosdemand for the nutritious grain: Millets

132)As per plan panel Average annual growth target for the12th Plan has been scaled down at _________ from 9%as envisaged earlier: 8.2%

133)Ghogalgaon which was recently in news as scores ofvillagers launched a jal satyagraha there by standing inneck deep waters of Narmada river for 17 daysdemanding reduction in the water level of Omkareshwardam is in which state: Madhya Pradesh ( disttKhandwa)

134)Which state government has recently launched Rashtriya

Aarogya Nidhi scheme:Arunachal Pradesh135)Recently Arunachal Pradesh has launched Rashtriya

Aarogya Nidhi scheme which aims at: Providingfinancial assistance upto 1.5 lakh rupees to BPLpatients suffering from life threatening diseasesin the form of one time grant

136)Feugo volcano was recently in news due to its suddeneruptions is located at ________: Guatemala

137)Venice Film Festival which was held on 8th September2012 was ________: 69th

138)The best film at the Venice film festival is awarded________: Golden Lion

139)Which film has recently been honoured with the GoldenLion at the 69th Venice Film Festival: Korean film

Pieta ( directed by Kim Ki-duk)

140)Name the US film which was produced recently andevoked wide spread violent protests for its anti Muslimcontents causing insult to Prophet Mohammed in anumber of Muslim countries: Innocence of Muslims

141)Christopher Stevens who has recently been killed inprotest against US film Innocence of Muslims was

__________: US ambassador to Libya
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142)In its Mid quarter review of monetary policy inSeptember 2012, RBI has reduced CRR by : 25 basispoints

143)The reduction by 25 basis points in CRR will releaseabout ______ crores liquidity in Banking system : 17000

144)In its address to the nation on August 15,2012, theprime minister of India declared to start a new healthscheme for the whole of India to be named : NationalHealth Mission

145)Ranganath Misra who expired recently was : Ex- ChiefJustice of India

146)The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize-2012 in the area ofmathematical sciences have been awarded to whom:Shiva Ramachandran Athreya and DebashishGoswami

147)The new platform for SMEs launched by NSE is called as: EMERGE

148)The government of India has put a cap on the numberof cylinders to be supplied at subsidised rates to IndianHouseholds :Six

149)According to IRDA an insurance company can come outwith public issue only on completion of ____ years ofbusiness or such period as may be specified by theCentral Government : 10

150)An institute to be called Corporate Social ResponsibilityInstitute is to be set up in India in association with :World Bank

151)The World Economic Outlook report is issued by : IMF

152)The IMF has lowered growth projections for India for theyear to : 6.1%

153)According to IMF, the Indian economy grew by ____during 2010 : 10.8%

154)According to IMF, the growth of Indian economy duringthe year 2011 was : 7.1%

155)S & P, a major rating agency has reduced the growthforecast of India for the current fiscal to ___ from ____projected earlier : 5.5%, 6.5%

156)Name the Indian actress who has been name as the UNGoodwill ambassador to UNAIDS to raise issues relatedto HIV infections in children : Aishwarya RaiBachchan

157)The women archer from India who won silver medal atArchery World Cup : Deepika Kumari

158)Archery World Cup was held in September 2012 at :

Tokyo, Japan

159)During Archery World Cup _______for Precision is given formost 10 pointers in four events : Longines Prize

160)The movie Barfi has been nominated as Indian entry inan International foreign Film festival in the foreign filmcategory. Name the film festival : Oscars

161)In which category has the movie Barfi nominated inthe Oscars, the international film festival: Foreign Filmcategory.

162)Mahinda Rajapakse visited India recently in September

2012. He is : President of Sri Lanka

163)Mahinda Rajapakse laid foundation of the University ofBuddhist and Indic Studies at a historical place at Sanchi ( M.P.)

164)According to guidelines for FDI in Multi Brand Retailthese stores can only be opened in cities with populationmore than : One Million as pr 2011 census

165)FDI guidelines are issued by : DIPP

166)The full form of DIPP is : Department of IndustriaPolicy and Promotion

167)DIPP is a part of Ministry of : Commerce & Industry

168)Which two Tennis players have recently been banned bythe All India Tennis Association (AITA) fromrepresenting India in international events till the end oJune 2014: Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan Bopanna

169)Which University (fourth oldest university of India) hasrecently celebrated its 125th anniversary on 23r

September: Allahabad University (also known asOxford of the east)

170)Ramesh Abhishek has recently been appointed as

Chairman of ___________: Forward MarketsCommission

171)Forward Markets Commission(FMC) is the regulator of_______: Commodity markets

172)Which country has launched its first aircraft carrier-Liaoning: China

173)To promote cashless transactions, the Finance Ministryhas asked public sector banks to take steps to reducethe fee to zero for electronic transfer of funds upto whaamount: Rs. One Lakh (presently banks charge rs5 per transfer of funds up to Rs 1 lakh & Rs. 2.50for upto Rs.10,000.00)

174)The ICC Womens World Twenty20 Tournament hasrecently been started at which place: Galle, Srilanka

175)The Ninth World Hindi Conference (WHC) held in_________: Johannesburg, South Africa

176)A regional bank in which country has started operatingATMs that do not require plastic cards but insteadidentify account holders by scanning their hands: Japan

177)The annual ranking titled Economic Freedom of theWorld:2012 index is topped by_______: Hong Kong

178)What is the Indias rank in terms of Economic Freedomunder Economic Freedom of the World:2012 index111th (out of 144 nations)

179)The annual ranking titled Economic Freedom of theworld: 2012 which measure the degree to which thepolicies and institutions of countries support economicfreedom is measured by ___________: Canada basedFraser Institute

180)India has made it mandatory for all foreign investors tofurnish a ____________ of their home country to claimbenefits under the Double Taxation Avoidance

Agreement: Tax Residency Certificate

181)Recently Mudalpatti Distt. Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu was


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in news due to: the fire accident at a crackergodown and a factory

182)In London Olympic Games 2012, which country won thehighest number of medals: USA

183)Which institution has recently planned to offer free SMS-based weather and crop advisory services and to cover50,000 farmers in 10 districts in Maharashtra on a pilotproject: NABARD

184)K S Sudarshan who has passed away recently, wasassociated with which organisation: RashtriyaSwayamsewak Sangh (Ex- chief)

185)Name the controversial cartoonist from Kanpur who wasin news recently as he was charged with sedition forputting up banners mocking the constitution: AseemTrivedi

186)Under the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Scheme, what is themaximum permissible investment: 50,000

187)In terms of food security India has been ranked at whichplace: 66th

188)In which European country the Prime Minister JensStoltenberg has appointed Pakistani origin Hadia Tajik asthe new culture minister of the country: Sweden

189)Konda Laxman Bapuji, who recently passed away was anoted _________: Freedom Fighter

190)Recently in which country, world veteran Wrestlingchampionship was held : Hungary

191)Recently which country has banned all Pakistaninewspapers from entering the country:Afghanistan

192)Name the Indian Wrestler who has created history bywinning the title in 97 kilogram category for the 16thtime in the world veteran wrestling championship held in

Budapast, Hungary: Kartar Singh193)Recently in which country, Conference on Economic

Growth in Asia and Changes of Corporate Environmentwas held: Srilanka

194)Recently government has approved the National policyon Information Technology. The aim is: to make atleast one individual in every house hold e-literate

195)Sandeep Patil has recently been appointed as thechairman of___________: National SelectionCommittee of BCCI

196) Which district in the country will be declared as the firstdistrict having meaningful financial inclusion:

Ernakulum197)Fifth meeting of SAARC Home ministers was held at:

Male

198)Which has recently launched Bal Jyoti, an eye screeningand treatment programme for school children: Odisha

199)Who has recently been announced for the PritzkerArchitecture Prize 2012: Wang Shu (China)

200)Pritzker Architecture Prize is sponsored by _________:Hyat Foundation

201)What is the prize money for the Pritzker Architecture

Award 2012: one lac dollar

202)Dr. Gulab Kothari who has bagged the 25th edition of theMoorti Devi Award-2011 for his book______: Mein HRadha, Mein Hi Krishna

AUGUST 2012

203)Who is Indias Chief Economic Advisor to FinanceMinister: Raghuram G Rajan

204)Who is the author of the book Pax Indica: ShashTharoor

205)Global rating agency Fitch has recently cut the outlookfor Indias vast retail sector from stable to negativeWhat is the reason behind this: Due to weakestconsumers spending in 7 years.

206)As per recent data released by RBI _______ by Indiancompanies declined to $1.24 billion in July from $3.53billion a month earlier: Overseas direct investment

207)CRISIL has cut Indias real GDP growth forecast fo2012-13 to 5.5% from its June estimate of 6.5%. Whatis the reason behind this decline in GDP growthDeficient rainfall and deterioration in the Euro

Zone growth outlook

208)What is the full form of CRISIL: Credit RatingInformation of India Limited

209)Recently India and Israel have signed a Memorandumof Understanding for ___________:CollaborativeAcademic Research Programme Agreement

210)By how much percent monthly per capita ruraconsumption increased in real terms in 2011-12: 18%

211)As per the 68th round of survey on household consumerexpenditure for the period July 2011-12 surveyconducted by the National Samples Survey Organization(NSSO), what percent of rural India lives on less than

Rs.17 a day: 10 percent

212)What is the average monthly per capita expenditure othe poorest 10% of Indias rural population as per the68th survey conducted by NSSO: Rs. 503.49

213)The Reserve Bank of India has recently relaxed therepayment norms for ______________ to help over 10crore farmers to overcome the difficult financial situationdue to deficient monsoon : Kisaan Credit Card

214)In lieu of Indias move to allow investments, whichneighbouring country has recently undertaken aninitiative to allow two of its banks to open its branches inIndia: Pakistan

215)Which two banks have recently been allowed byPakistans central bank to open its branches in India aspart of efforts to normalize economic and trade relationsbetween the two countries: National Bank ofPakistan and The United Bank Ltd.

216)India has recently allowed Foreign Direct Investmentfrom Pakistan in all sectors except the

________________: Strategic ones like DefenceAtomic Energy etc.

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exchange management act. Name the only countrywhich was not allowed to invest in India: Pakistan

218)Under the acronym FEMA, what does M stand for:Management

219)The Reserve Bank of India has decided to constitute acommittee to review the _____________: Short TermCooperative Credit Structure (STCCS)

220)A Committee which is to review Short Term CooperativeCredit Structure will be headed by whom: PrakashBakshi ( NABARD chairman)

221)How much dividend has recently been approved by RBIto be transferred to the government for the accountingyear ended June 30: 160.10 billion (Rs. 16 thousandcrore)

222)In order to develop urban infrastructure Germany hasagreed to give loan of Rs. 365 crore to which state ofIndia: Odisha

223)Cities having population of 50,000 to 99,999 (as percensus 2001) are considered as _________: Tier IIcities

224)RBI has allowed ________ to open branches in tier IIcities without taking its prior permission: RegionalRural Banks

225)As per recent data collated by RBI how much amount islying in unclaimed deposits or in operative accounts withnationalized public sector, private sector, foreign andother banks, operating in the country as on December31, 2011: Rs. 2481 crore

226)Michael Phelps has become the greatest swimmer andthe most decorated Olympian of all time when he won arecord 22nd Olympic Medals. He is from country: USA

227)___________ has become the sportsman to win highestnumbers of medals in London Olympics, winning four

Gold and two silver medals: Michael Phelps(USA)

228)According to a UN report, which country needsimmediate food assistance after heavy rains killed scoresof people and submerged vast swath of Farmland:North Korea

229)Name the NASAs Mars Rover which has fired its laserfor the first time on the Red Planet, using the beamfrom a science instrument to interrogate a first size rock:Curiosity

230)Riad Hijab, has recently joined the anti regime revoltand fled abroad, in a blow to President Bashar Al Assad.Who is he : Prime Minister of Syria

231)_____________ has been re elected as vice president ofIndia. He is only the second vice president to get asecond consecutive term after S. Radhakrishnan:Hamid Ansari

232)Which state has recently decided to establish three allwoman banks which would be run by female employeesand only women customers would be entertained:Karnataka

233)Name the three places in Karnataka where it hasdecided to establish all woman banks: Mangalore,Shimoga and Raichpur

234)Recently Yamuna Express has been inaugurated inwhich State: Uttar Pradesh

235)The 165.5 km long Yamuna Expressway which hasrecently been inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh connectswhich two places: Noida and Agra

236)Name the place in Wisconsin state of USA where 6persons were killed in a bloody shootout in a SikhGurudwara: Oak Creek

237)Who has recently been appointed as the CEO ofInternational Finance Corporation of the world bankJin-Yong CAIfrom China

238)Which country is planning to build a city exclusively forwomen to encourage career oriented females within itsstrict S haria law: Saudi Arabia

239)Who has been appointed as new union finance ministerP. Chidambaram

240)Name the nuclear capable Intermediate Range BallisticMissile (IRBM), Which has recently been successfullytest fired by India at the Wheeler Island of Odisha coastAgni-II

241)What is the strike range of Agni-II, an intermediaterange ballistic missile which has recently been test firedby India: 2000 km

242)India post has chosen _________ as its technology andconsulting partner to integrate its delivery of financiaproducts across its network of 1.5 lakh post offices inthe country: Infosys

243)The Reserve Bank of India has recently asked banks todrop the no frills tag from the basic saving accounts, asthe nomenclature has become a stigma and on the otherside it has asked banks to provide the ________ facilityin new Basic Savings Banking Deposit Accountswith ATM cum Debit card without any extra charge

Zero balance facility244)Which states legislative Assembly has celebrated its

platinum jubilee recently: West Bengal

245)Due to the robust growth in the television industry andwith the advent of digitization, which organization is setto hold Indian Television fest in Goa, in November 2012:Indian Broadcasting Foundation

246)Who has recently been appointed as the revenuesecretary of central government: Sumit Bose

247)Government has planned to implement_________________ which is an internationallyaccepted reporting rules from April 1, 2013 and this

would be done even if the proposed new direct taxescode is not ushered in by that time: InternationaFinancial Reporting Standards(IFRS)

248)The Reserve Bank of India has recently asked banks toreframe their __________ which would includecompensation payable for the delayed period in case ofcollection of local cheques: Cheque CollectionPolicies (CCPs)

249)Which fund has recently been created by the NABARD tocomprehensively support producer organizations acrossthe country: Produces Organization Development


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250)Name the country which was in news recently due totwin earthquakes that devastated many villages killingover 300 people: Iran (North West Region)

251)Vilasrao Deshmukh who has passed away recently wasfrom which field: Politics (Union Minister forScience & Technology and Earth Sciences, ExCMof Maharashtra)

252)Who was voted as the Greatest Indian in a pollspearheaded by History TV 18 and CNN IBN: Dr. B. R.Ambedkar (Father of the Indian constitution)

253)As per recent news government is planning to launch anew scheme to provide financial assistance to urbanpoor for house construction. The new scheme has beennamed as: Rajiv Housing Loan Scheme

254)What is the objective of Rajiv Housing Loan Scheme tobe launched by government very soon: Under thisscheme people belonging to the economicallyweaker sections would be given relief on interestfor housing loans of less than Rs. 5 lacs

255)In order to provide humanitarian aid (as per an appeal

made by UN) to Yemen, which food crop has beendonated by India: Rice (around 2500 metric tonnes)

256)The RBI has asked banks to modify _________ to allowpremature withdrawal of FD on death of one of the jointaccount holders without any penalty: Fixed Depositaccount opening forms

257)With a view to improving customer services andspeeding up fund transfer, the RBI has asked all CBSenabled banks to issue which cheques only to alleligible customers which can be cleared by any branchof the same bank in the country: payable at par /multicity cheques

258)As per 2011 census out of total around 25 crorehouseholds, what percent of households had reportedavailing of banking facilities: 58.7%

259)The government has recently asked public sector banksto ensure one account per family. What is the purposeof the government behind this: To facilitate transferof subsidy under 32 central schemes

260)The Government of India has recently proposed toestablish the National Institute of Sports Sciences andMedicine (NISSM) at which city: New Delhi

261)The joint military exercise code-named NomadicElephant: 2012, is an exercise of defence cooperationbetween India and __________: Mongolia

262)The upcoming Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) atCheyyur and Sarguja are located respectively in

________: Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh

263)London Olympics-2012 is the ________ Olympic Event:30th

264)Recently the Prime Minister has constituted a committeeto review taxation of Development centres and ITsector. It is headed by _________: N. Rangachary

265)Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam who passed away recentlywas an exponent of which classical dance forms:

Kuchipudi

266)Indias first financial Supermarket aimed at cross-sellingnon-standard banking products has recently beenopened in which city: Jaipur

267)Who has authored Fifty Shades of Grey which hasrecently become UKs largest selling book, outselling

The Da Vinci code and Harry Potter novels: E L James

268)Recently Naresh Chandra Committee has submitted itsreport on _________ to the Government: NationaSecurity

269)Which pharma companies in India has recently launchedQvir, a drug kit for treating HIV/AIDS: Cipla

270)

271)Ashok Mehta who has passed away recently was aneminent ___________: Cinematographer (HindMovies)

272)Vandana Shiva who has been chosen for Fukuoka Prize2012 is an eminent _________: EnvironmentaPhilosopher and Activist

273)Fukuoka Prize, a prestigious award given to people who

contribute to academia arts and culture in Asia is beingbestowed by___________: Fukuoka CityGovernment (Japan)

274)Who has recently been honoured with the title Sitara-I-Imtiaz, which is the third highest civilian honoubestowed by Pakistan: Prof. Gopi Chand Narang

275)Gopi Chand Narang who has recently been honouredwith Sitara-I-Imtiaz (Star of excellence) by Pakistan iseminent ___________: Urdu litterateur (From India)

276)Name the Pakistan Air Forces Minhas Base station nearIslamabad which was in news as it was attacked byterrorists: Kamra

277)Who is the winner of the Miss World 2012: Wen xia Yu(China)

278)Ms. World contest 2012 was held at which place:Ordos

City, Inner Mongolia, China

279)Name an ace Indian Batsman who has recentlyannounced his retirement from International Cricket aHyderabad:V.V.S Laxman

280)Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva award is given for thecontribution in the field of _____________: Childprotection and welfare service to children

281)Who have been selected for Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva

Award for the year 2011: Mr. R Ravi Kumar, SwamJapananda and Mr. N Thungdemo Kikon

282)Where and in which year Non Aligned Movement(NAM)was founded: Belgrade in the year 1961

283)According to the rating agency ICRA _________ couldhave an implication for growth, inflation an fiscal deficitDeficient monsoons

284)Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Indias highest honour isgiven for excellence in which field: Sports
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285)Who are the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardees for theyear 2012:Vijay Kumar & Yogeshwar Dutt

286)How many silver and bronze medal India has bagged inthe London Olympics 2012 respectively: 2 Silver & 4Bronze

287)Officials of which two nations have recently held anOperational Planning meeting which aimed at bringingabout the end of Syrian President Bashar al-Assadsembattled regime: US and Turkey

288)Due to slower growth in income and the rising rate ofinflation _________ in India declined from 9.3% in thefinancial year 2010-11 to 7.8% in financial year 2011-12: Net Household Financial Savings

289)Net financial savings include: Cash investments,deposits with banks and non-bank companies,investments in stocks, mutual funds, debentures,small savings, life insurance, provident andpension funds.

290)Recently Indias foreign exchange reserves dropped by $250 million to $288.91 billion. What is the reason behindthis: Revaluation of currencies

291)Under the abbreviation FIPB, what does P stands for:Promotion (Foreign Investment Promotion Board)

292)The exposure to regulated Financial Service Companiesfor single group entity has been set by RBI at : 10% ofpaid up capital and reserves

293)India has recently test fired its indigenously developednuclear-capable ____________ ballistic missile from theIntegrated Test Range at Chandipur off Odisha coast:Prithvi II

294)What is the strike range of Prithvi-II which has thecapability to carry 500 kg of warheads: 350 km

295)RBI has recently allowed FDI from Pakistan but it has

not allowed such Indian companies receiving FDI, to beengaged in which sector: Defence, space and atomicenergy and sectors/activities prohibited forforeign investment

296)Name the only Indian company which has been figuredamong the top 50 global free zones of the Future in astudy conducted by FDI magazine that has surveyed 600free zones across 120 countries: Dahej SEZ Ltd.

297)Dahej an Indian company which has been included inthe top 50 global free zones by FDI Magazines is inwhich state: Gujarat (Bharauch)

298)SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhary has made a strong plea

for the abolition of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR). Why didhe raise such contention: Because depositing thesefunds with RBI without any interest was costingthe banking system about Rs. 21000 crore

299)What is Coalgate Scam: It is allegedly a scandal inwhich CAG office accused the government ofIndia providing the nations coal deposits toprivate and state run entities in an irregular andarbitrary manner instead of publically auctioningthem to the highest bidder.

300)Name the indigenously built pollution control vessel,

commissioned by Indian Coast Guard which has beenspecially designed to mitigate any marine oil spillSamudra Paheredar

301)Meles Zenawi who has passed away recently was thePrime Minister of which country: Ethiopia

302)The pilotless target aircraft named ___________ hasrecently been test flown from the Integrated Test Rangeat Chandipur near Balasore, Odisha: Lakshya 1

303)Name the record seven Tour de France titles holder fromUSA who was in news as he was banned for life by theU.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA): Lance Armstrong(He fought against cancer bravely)

304)We come across the words twin deficits which afflictthe Indian economy. What are these twin deficits Fiscal Deficit and Current Account Deficit

305)KYC norms are required to be complied with to openSavings Bank Account and have also recently introducedBasic Savings Bank Account. For which type of accountare KYC norms relaxed : Small Account ( It is aSavings Bank A/c)

306)Small Accounts are primarily meant for persons who do

not fulfill the : KYC norms307)The maximum balance in Small Account at any given

point of time cannot exceed: Rs. 50000

308)The maximum withdrawals from Small Accounts cannotexceed : Rs. 10000 per month

309)The maximum amount that can be deposited in one yeain Small Account is: Rs. One lac

310)The RBI has recently introduced Basic Savings BankAccount. The maximum number of withdrawals in amonth allowed are : Four

311)Dronacharya Award is presented by the Government oIndia for excellence in _______: Sports Coaching

312)The Reserve Bank has recently issued draft guidelinesprescribing quantitative limits for banks _______ intragroup transaction and exposures(ITEs), and prudentiameasuresfor the nonfinancial ITEs: financial

313)Vinod Kumar who has recently been chosen for DhyanChand Award 2012 is from which sports: Wrestling

314)Recently Apple has won case against _________, whichis alleged to infringe a series of Apples patentspertaining to software and design of mobile phonedevices: Samsung (South Korean Firm)

315)Name the legendary US astronaut who, (on July 20 t

1969, became the first man to set foot on the moon)has passed away recently: Neil Armstrong

316)16th summit of Non Aligned Movement (NAM) Nationswas held at_________: Tehran, Iran

317)The finals of the under 19 ICC World Cup was held atwhich place: Townsville, Australia

318)Which country has lifted their third Under 19 ICC WorldCup title after beating formidable defending champions

Australia by six wickets in the final in TownsvilleAustralia: India

319)Name the player of India who was declared a Man ofthe Match of under 19 ICC World Cup: Unmukt Chand


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(Captain of under 19 Indian team)

320)How many members are there in Non-AlignedMovement: 120 members (and 17 observers)

321)

322)The exposure to Unregulated Fincial Service Companiesand Non Financial Services Companies for sngle groupentity has been set by RBI at: 5% of paid up capitaland reserves

323)The government has recently cleared the FDI proposalof Rs. 100 crore of which entertainment measure toexpand its operation in India: Walt Disney

324)The Central bank has pegged banks __________at 10percent of the paid-up capital and reserves in case of allnon-financial services companies and unregulatedfinancial services companies taken together: aggregategroup exposure

325)As per the recent guidelines issued by the RBI theaggregate group exposure will be 20% of the paid-upcapital and reserves in the case of which group: bothfinancial and non-financial group entities taken

together326)Sastra Ramanujan Prize 2012 will be awarded to

________: Prof. Zhiwei Yan (China)

JULY 2012

327)The recently elected President of Mexico is: EnriquePena Nieto

328)Who has recently been appointed as the ControllerGeneral Accounts (CGA): Jawahar Thakur

329)International Cooperative Conference 2012 was held at: New Delhi

330) The finals of Euro Cup Football 2012 was played at :

Kiev, Ukraine

331)Who has won the Golden Boot Award for being the topscorer in the Euro Cup: Fernando Torres( of Spain)

332)Name the five- time boxing world champion who hasbecome the first Indian woman and the fifthsportsperson overall to hold an honorary rank(Lieutenant Colonel) in countrys defence forces: M CMary Kom

333)______________ has been named Player of theTournament of Euro Cup by the Union of EuropeanFootball Associations (UEFA):Andres Iniesta

334)Joan Dunlop, a global leader in addressing womens

issues, who recently passed away was from whichcountry: USA

335)Spain has clinched the prestigious Euro Cup 2012 inFootball by defeating which countrys team: Italy

336) Which veteran women tennis player has recentlyannounced her retirement from the game announcingthat US Open2012 will be final tournament of hercareer: Kim Clijsters (Belgium)

337) Which states metro rail project of Rs. 5,128 hasrecently been cleared by the government: Kerala ( for

Kochi Metro Rail Project)

338) The famous harvest festival Onam is celebrated inwhich state: Kerala

339) Name the country whose sports women will beparticipating for the first time in the Olympic gamesSaudi Arabia

340) Bashar al-Assad is the president of which countrySyria

341)Sana is the official news agency of which country: Syria

342)What is the full form of CERN: European Centre forNuclear Research

343)The headquarter of CERN is at: Switzerland

344)Wladimir Klitschko (boxing champion from Ukraine) haswon WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight boxing title aBerne, Switzerland defeating : Tony Thompson( USA)

345) Who has won the womens Wimbledon 2012 bydefeating Agnieszka Radwanskw of Poland at LondonUK: Serena Williams

346)Roger Federer of Switzerland who has won the mensWimbledon 2012 by defeating Andy Murray of Britain. Iis his _____ Wimbledon title and ________ grand slamcrown : seventh and seventeenth respectively

347) Name the eminent Bengali poet and musician who wasrecently in news as his 150th birth anniversary started inWest Bengal: Dwijendra Lal Roy

348)Name the Indian sand artist who has recently won thePeoples Choice Gold Medal at the second world SandSculpture Championship in Moscow: SudarshanPatnaik ( for sculpture of showman Raj Kapoor)

349)The government has decided to set up a ProjectClearance Board for speedy one time clearances to oiand gas projects. It is to be set up on the lines of

______: Foreign Investment Promotion Board ( FIPB)

350)ISRO has recently hosted the 39th assembly of COSPAR,with the theme Space for the benefit of mankind atMysore. What is the full form of COSPAR: Committeeon Space Research

351)Name the programme which has been launched by TheNational Institute of Financial Education under the aegisof the National Institute of Securities Market, whichaims to equip Indian citizens to save, invest, borrow,and insure on their own: National Strategy forFinancial Education

352)Name the state which has announced to distribute 18lakh laptops and 26 lakhs computer tablets to studentswho are passed out of classes 10th and 12th: UttaPradesh

353)Which criteria has been done away with by the StateBank of India to attract new customers for saving bankaccounts: minimum balance criteria (bank will notlevy any charge for breach of it)

354)The Central Board of Direct Taxes has made e- filing oincome tax returns mandatory for all assesses whoseannual earnings exceeded ___________ during the fisca2011-12: Rs. 10 lakh


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355) The meeting of the World Heritage Committee washeld at which place: St. Petersburg, Russia

356)______________ has recently been included in theworld heritage List: The Western Ghats of India

357) How many sites of the Western Ghats have beendecided by the World Heritage committee to be inscribedon the World Heritage List: 39

358)Name the pace bowler from Australia who has

announced his retirement from international cricket:Brett Lee

359)India has recently signed a new tax treaty with Norway.What is the purpose of this new tax treaty: to allowexchange of banking related information fortaxation purposes.

360)Who was Prof. P N Dhar: an eminent economist whohad served as Principal Secretary to PrimeMinister Indira Gandhi in the 1970s.

361)Name the author of the bestselling motivational book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people who diedrecently : Stephen R. Covey

362)The postal department has entered into a partnershipwith __________ to provide money order service usingmobile phones: BSNL

363)Upto what amount housing loans in metropolitancentres and other centres of population above 10 lakhsare covered under priority sector: loans upto 25 lakhsin metro politan centres and 15 lakhs in othercentres

364) Name the international organization with which Indiahas signed an agreement to establish the MahatmaGandhi Institute of Education for peace and SustainableDevelopment in New Delhi: UNESCO ( United NationsEducational, Scientific and Cultural Organization )

365)Which countrys Prime Minister has recently been termedan underachiever by the top U.S. magazine Time:India ( Manmohan Singh )

366)Who is the author of the book Sea of Poppies:Amitav Ghosh

367)Who has recently won the British Grand Prix F-1championship beating Fernando Alonso ( Spain) ofFerrari: Mark Webber (Australia) of Red Bull Team

368) Which two Indian companies have recently become thefirst Indian private firm to make in to the top 100 list ofworlds largest companies, compiled by the Fortunemagazine: Indian Oil ( 83rd) and Reliance

Industries ( 99

th

)369) In order to promote cashless transactions , the Reserve

Bank of India has slashed charges for electronic transferof funds(NEFT) for amounts of upto _______________to a maximum of Rs. 2.50, from August 1,2012: 10,000

370)As per recent government guidelines, which bankdeposits are termed as bulk deposits: depositsaccepted above card rate

371)What are the reasons cited by the IMF for lowering thegrowth forecast for the calendar year 2012: weakdomestic demand and difficult external

environment

372)Name the missile which has recently been successfullytest fired by India with a strike range of 700 km: Agni-IBallistic Missile (indigenously developed nuclearcapable)

373)Agni-I ballistic missile has recently been test fired byIndia from which island: Wheelar Island ( OdishaCoast)

374)Which country has created a record by successfullycrossing the English Channel between the UnitedKingdom and France twice within a fortnight: India ( byIndian Air Force swimming team)

375) What is the name of the Indian Air Forces swimmingteam who has created a world record by successfullycrossing the English Channel between the UnitedKingdom and France twice within a fortnightDelphinus

376)Which country has been given for development aid of $16 billion, as pledged by about 70 countries in a donorsconference held at Tokyo:Afghanistan

377)Who has recently been elected as the first woman head

of African Union Commission: Nkosazana DlaminiZuma

378)Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma, who has recently beenelected as the first woman head of African UnionCommission is from which country: South Africa

379)Name the first astronomy satellite which will belaunched by india in the year 2013:Astrosat

380)Astrosat, the first astronomy satellite will be launched byIndia in _____________ in the year 2013: PolaCircular Orbit

381)What is the purpose behind the launch of astronomysatellite: to study the Universe at multi-

wavelengths

382)Mrinal Gore who has passed away recently was aneminent: Socialist ( known for her dauntlessactivism on the issues of price rise, water rightsand women empowerment)

383)Which state government has recently decided to ban theproduction, storage and sale of gutkha: Rajasthan

384)What is the function of Producer Price Index (PPI)which has recently been proposed by the Reserve Bankof India Governor D. Subbarao: it would measure theaverage change over time in the sale prices ofdomestic goods and services

385)Which institution has recently issued guidelines allowingoverseas individual investors to invest upto $1 billion incorporate bonds and debt schemes of mutual fundswithout any lock-in period: The Securities andExchange Board of India ( SEBI)

386)Name the Belgium-based financial transaction SMSprovider which is working on a partnership with eightleading Indian banks to form a joint company by by2012 end to expand its footprint in banking and financiasector of India: SWIFT

387)The expanded form of SWIFT is: Society for


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Worldwide Inter-bank Financial Telecommuni-cations

388)Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruzand the Carnegie Institution of Washington, haveclaimed to have discovered a planet that may be capableof supporting human life and is twice the size of

earth.the said planet is formally known as: Gliese581g

389)Which IT giant has recently reported a loss of $492million in the June quarter, for the first time in nearly

three decades: Microsoft (due to lower onlineadvertising business)

390)Name the district and town in Assam which was in newsrecently due to violent clashes between local Bodocommunity and immigrant Bangladeshis: Kokrajhar

391)Name the freedom fighter and a close associate of NetajiSubhas Chandra Bose who passed away recently:Lakshmi Sahgal

392) Hesham Qandil has recently been elected as a primeminister of: Egypt

393) What does Factoring mean: it is a financialtransaction where a business entity, usually a

manufacturer, sells its receivables to a third-partycalled a factor at discounted prices

394)The new category of NBFCs which has recently beenintroduced by the Reserve Bank of India is named as:Non Banking Financial Company-Factors

395)RBI has stipulated that every NBFC-Factor companyseeking registration would have a minimum net-ownedfund of Rs.__________: 5 Crore

396)Upto what amount loans given to Micro and Smallmanufacturing enterprises are covered under prioritysector : No Limit (loan upto any amount iscovered)

397)In order to commemorate 60 years of Indian Parliament,coins of which denominations will be introduced by theRBI, having the image of the Parliament House: Rs. 5and 10

398)Who has recently been awarded Magsaysay award forhis efforts for eradicating poverty and empowering morethan one lakh rural women for 35 long years: KulandaiFrancis

399)Which two currencies has recently been approved bythe Asian Development Bank to be included in theirTrade Finance Programme: Rupee and Renminbi

400)What is the expanded form of CBEC: Central Board of

Excise and Customs401)Upto what amount loans given to Micro and small

service enterprises are covered under priority sector:loans upto Rs. 1 crore

402)How much interest subvention scheme has beenextended by the government by one year on housingloans upto Rs.15 lakh, provided the cost of the housedoes not exceed Rs. 25 lakh: 1%

403)The air force will acquire ____________ basic traineraircraft to replace the ageing Kiran aircraft at a cost of

over Rs. 29000 crore: 75 Swiss Pilatus

404)The Central Board of Excise and Customs has exemptedremittances from abroad under which category of taxService Tax

405)What is the expanded form of MDR: MerchantDiscount Rate

406)What was the theme of The World Population Day,celebrated on July 11: Universal Access toReproductive Health Services

407)Name the noted wrestler- turned film actor who haspassed away recently: Dara Singh

408)Recently banks have been directed by the governmentto cap both bulk deposits and certificates of deposit atwhat percent of all deposits: 15%

409)Name the Indian-American record setting astronaut whowas in news for her second space odyssey for a fourmonth mission on the International Space Station(ISS)Ms. Sunita Williams

410)The total foodgrain production for the year 2011-12 bythe government has been pegged at: 257 milliontonnes

411)The government has recently approved the sale of10.82% of its stake in the company ________________, which may fetch the exchequer over Rs.4,000 croreSteel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

412)US astronomers have discovered a fifth and tiniest moonof the icy dwarf planet Pluto.It has provisionally beennamed as: S\2012 (134340)

413) Name the stealth warship, armed with an array omissiles which has been commissioned by Indian Navyfor enhancing its anti-submarine capabilities: INSSahyadri

414)INS Sahyadri a stealth warship which has recently beencommissioned by Indian Navy is the last ofthe______________ warships, after INS Shivalik andSatpura: Shivalik Class Project-17

415)What is the expanded form of NMFP: National Missionon Food Processing

416)As per recent report, Ministry of Food ProcessingIndustries is planning to set up a National Mission onFood Processing (NMFP). The aim of setting up NMFP is:to give a thrust to the food processing sector andto prevent wastage of agriculture produce

417)Countrys Current Account Deficit (CAD) rose to______________ in 2011-12 from $ 46 billion (2.7% o

GDP) in 2010-11: $78.2 billion (4.2% of GDP)

418)Current Account Deficit refers to: when a country'stotal imports of goods, services and transfers aregreater than the country's total export of goods,

services and transfers.

419)What is the full form of QFIs: Qualified ForeignInvestors

420)Education Loan upto what amount are covered undepriority sector: loans upto Rs. 10 lakhs foreducation in India and Rs. 20 lakhs for education


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abroad

JUNE 2012

421) Which village has recently become the first villageof the country to make available the fullycomputerized land records of all its farmers throughsatellite: Kurbanpur (District Ambala, Haryana)

422) Clean India Campaign, which aims at improving theconditions at heritage sites to attract more tourists

was started from which historical monument:Qutab Minar, New Delhi

423) Prime Minister has recently visited Mexico in June2012 to participate in the _________ : G-20Summit (held at Los Cabos)

424) What quantum of money has been approved by thegovernment for the purchase of hi-tech equipmentfor the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID):Rs.1,100 crore

425) The Rural Development Minister has givendirections to the chief ministers, to identify the BPLtribal families and to make them eligible for whichschemes, within 90 days: Indira Awaas Yojana

and National Social Assistance Programme426) Which state has launched the countrys first ever

river-lake linking project: Madhya Pradesh (inthe Bundelkhand region)

427) Government of India has decided to set up twomajor new ports in which two states by 2020: WestBengal and Andhra Pradesh

428) The head quarter of Bhabha Atomic ResearchCentre (BARC) is at: Trombay, Mumbai

429) The 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 will be heldat __________: Cochin

430) In which place the annual World Economic Summitwill be held in November 2012: Gurgaon,Haryana

431) Name the system through which President of Indiais elected: Single transferable voting system

432) Name the only president who was electedunanimously in the history of Indian presidentialelections: Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

433) State of ______ is one of the highest users oftobacco in the country with 43% adult males and19% adult females addicted to it: Maharashtra

434) Name the programme which has been launchedunder Bharat Nirman Programme to construct 1.20crore houses for poor by 2014: Indira Awaas

Yojana435) On July 19, India will elect its ___ President: 13th

436) Which states legislative assembly has recentlycelebrated its 60th anniversary: Karnataka

437) What quantum of money has been announced bythe Union Rural Development Ministry to eachpanchayat in the country for solid wastemanagement: Rs 20 lakh

438) What percent of the village panchayats will berandomly selected for CA certification of the accountholders under MGNREGA scheme: 20 %

439) Which two metro cities have been selected by theDRDO to be covered under Ballistic Missile Defencesystem to provide a cover from the incoming enemymissiles: Delhi and Mumbai

440) The state which has achieved the Nirmal (opendefecation free) status under small states categoryis: Sikkim

441) In pursuit of long cherished goal of making Indiahunger free by 2020, Indias first food bank as part

of the Indian Food Banking Network (IFBN) hasbeen inaugurated in which state: Delhi

442) Which state has become the first in the country tolaunch Childrens Courts for speedy trial of crimeagainst children: Delhi

443) Which committee has been setup by thegovernment to examine and makerecommendations regarding the issues concernedwith the integration of staff of erstwhile Air Indiaand Indian Airlines in to Air India LtdDharmadhikari Committee

444) Which Religious Trust recently earned Rs.61.72crore by the online sale of human hair offered by

devotees: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams(TTD)

445) Rural Development Ministry has signed aMemorandum of Understanding with which ministryfor installation of bio-toilets in 1000 grampanchayats across the country: DRDO (Ministryof Defence)

446) In a bid to actively involve the private sector in theglobal effort to protect tiger, The Confederation ofIndian Industry (CII) has teamed up with whichinternational organization to establish India WildlifeBusiness Council: World Bank

447) Which policy has recently been approved by the

Central Government to abolish roaming charges onMobile Phones: National Telecom Policy 2012

448) Which institution has proposed to make itmandatory for health insurers to provide policycover to people up to 65 years and settle all claimswithin a month: IRDA

449) Which bank has launched Signature card targetingthe high net-worth individuals: SBI

450) In order to revert back to 9% economic growthPrime Minister has set an investment target of

_________for core sector projects in the currentfiscal: Rs 2 lakhs crore ( Rs. 2 trillion)

451) As per SEBIs recent directive , the defunct stock

exchanges and those which are not able to maintaina turnover of Rs _________ will have to close theshop within two years: 1000 crore

452) Name the only Taiwanese bank operating in IndiaChinaTrust Commercial Bank

453) The only Taiwanese Bank China Trust is openingits second branch at which place: SriperumbudurTamil Nadu

454) Union Cabinet has approved capital infusion of 632crore rupees in some __________to improve theicapital to risk weighted assets ratio: Regiona


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455) Which round of sample survey organizations(NSSO) enumeration of socio economic indicatorswill start in July 2012: 69th

456) Name the state which will be covered underNational Sample Survey Organization for the firsttime: Jammu and Kashmir

457) The Planning Commission has approved Rs 1200Crore for the_________________ state

governments plan to boost coastal tourism project:Gujarat

458) Rs. 1200 crore has been approved by PlanningCommission for Gujarat Governments plan toboost__________: coastal tourism

459) Which mobile company has recently launched itssmart phone model Galaxy S III aimed at capturing60% of smart phone market: Samsung India

460) Which institution has recently won the State Bank ofIndia tender to become the business correspondentcompany for all public sector banks operating inChhattisgarh: FINO (Financial InformationNetwork and Operations)

461) Which bank has recently installed Indias first talking ATM for visually impaired at Ahmadabad:Union Bank Of India

462) The Indian Government and _______________ willorganize India Show in Colombo in August 2012 topromote Indian technology and services:Confederation of Indian Industry

463) As per the Worlds Bank report titled GlobalEconomic Prospect, the Indian economy will growby what percent in the financial year 2012-2013:6.9%

464) Government has extended the__________________to domestic workers: Rashtriya Swasthya Bima

Yojana (RSBY)

465) What is the expanded form of USB in context ofbanking : Ultra Small Branch

466) The government has imposed anti-dumping duty onimports of ___________from China, Thailand,Indonesia and the UAE: Plain gypsum plasterboards

467) Which organisation has received nod from theForeign Investment Promotion Board to float itsmortgage guarantee company: National HousingBank (NHB)

468) Name the institutions which will partner NHB informing the mortgage guarantee company:International Finance Corporation & AsianDevelopment Bank

469) Name the company which provides credit guaranteeto housing finance companies and banks on behalfof home loan borrowers: Mortgage Guaranteecompany

470) In view of rising input costs, the CCEA hasannounced Rs 170 per quintal hike in support priceof paddy to farmers at Rs 1,250 for the year 2012-13. What is the full form of CCEA: Cabinet

Committee on Economic Affairs

471) Which Global financial services has stated thatIndian economy is facing stagflation and cautionedthat the RBI cannot be too aggressive in cuttinginterest rates: Moodys

472) RBI has allowed payment of school and college feesand taxes through pre-paid payment cards ,besidesbuying rail and air tickets, within the prescribed limiof________: 10,000

473) The Reserve Bank of India has decided to enhancethe ___________ limit to 50% from 15%, with aview to inject Rs 30,000 crore into the bankingsystem: Export Credit Refinance (ECR)

474) What reason has been cited by the Global ratingagency Fitch for downgrading Indias credit outlookfrom stable to negative: Corruption and lack ofreforms

475) As per the latest data published by the SwissNational Bank, the quantum of money held byIndians in Swiss banks stood at: 2.18 billionSwiss francs (Rs.12,740 Cr)

476) As per new guidelines from Finance Ministry , a loan

defaulter would now get __________ by way of awarning before a bank sends recovery agents to hishouse: three SMS and a phone call

477) The Competition Commission of India has imposedmore than six thousand crore rupees as penalty on11 cement companies for _________: pricecartelization

478) In order to arrest the rupee slide, RBI has increasedFII limit in government bonds to____________USD 20 billion

479) With which country has set a bilateral trade targetof $ 15 billion by 2015 and sought its investmentssupport in the infrastructure sector: Brazil

480) Chartered Accountants will begin certification oaccounts under _________scheme at randomlyselected village panchayats from April 2013MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National RuraEmployment Guarantee Act)

481) Which city has been named the most competitivecity in India, by the Economist Intelligence Uniresearch report of Citi Group: Delhi (68th rank outof 120 major world cities)

482) Name the International bank which has decided toshift a large number of its jobs to India, as part ofits plan to trim costs: Wells Fargo ( 4th largestbank of USA)

483) What is meant by Brown Label ATMs: The ATMswhich are licensed to banks but serviced andmanaged by third party

484) Name the ATMs which are both licensed to andmanaged by non- bank entities: White LabeATMs

485) The growth target decided by the PlanningCommission for the 12th five year plan is: 9%

486) As per the 2011 Census, what percent of thefamilies are not in the banking system: 40%


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487) Which international financial giant has cut its GDPforecast for India to 5.8% from 6.7% for the fiscalyear ending March 2013: Nomura (Japan)

488) When a bank loan is granted for purchase of whitegoods, it is called: Consumer durable loan

489) Recently RBI notified M3 money supply level at Rs.76.22 trillion. What is the popular name for M3:Broad Money

490) What does M3(broad money ) mean: It refers to

the currency with the public plus all thedeposits with the banking system

491) What is the purpose of setting up of Banking Codesand Standards Board of India by the RBI: toreview and improve the customer service inthe banks.

492) Name the former England skipper who has recentlyannounced his retirement from International cricketand T-20:Kevin Pietersen

493) Who has won the years prestigious Spelling BeeCompetition held in USA: Snigdha Nandipati

494) Who is the recently appointed president of theWorld Bank: Jim Yong Kim

495) Name the writer of the book TheHouseholder:Amitabh Bagchi

496) Name an Egyptian president who was found guiltyof killing of over 800 protesters and was sentencedto life imprisonment: Hosni Mubarak

497) Name the US Defence Secretary, who was in newDelhi for a two day visit to India: Leon Panetta

498) _______ has been appointed the new Chief ElectionCommissioner of India:V.S.Sampath

499) Name the person who has been selected to takeover as the new Chief of the Indian Navy from Sh.Nirmal Verma: Devender Kumar Joshi

500) Name the Former President of Liberia who wassentenced to jail by a UN backed war crimes courtfor arming rebels in Sierra Leone in return for

blood diamonds: Charles Taylor

501) Name the Sri Lankas star pacer who has beenchosen by the ICC , as the official Event

Ambassador for the World T-20 Championship:Lasith Malinga

502) Name the two Indian players who have won theirsecond Grand Slam title and first French opentrophy together in the mixed doubles final of Frenchopen at Paris: Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupati

503) Who is the founder of Microsoft: Bill Gates

504) Name the Internationally acclaimed Indian sandartist who has won the first prize in the CopenhagenInternational Sand Sculpture Championship:Sudarshan Patnaik

505) Name the International tennis player who hasbecome the 10th woman in tennis history to win allfour Grand Slam titles: Maria Sharapova (Russia)

506) Who has been appointed as a Chairman of LIC ofIndia: D.K. Mehrotra

507) Name the Swiss adventurer who has flown his wayinto the record books by completing the worlds firstinternational flight in a giant solar powered planeSolar Impulse: Bertrand Piccard

508) Name the writers of the book Reverse InnovationGovindarajan and Chris Trimble

509) Which actress has received the IIFA 2012 bestactress award:Vidya Balan

510) Who has been awarded the best director for the

movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara at IIFA 2012awards: Zoya Akhtar

511) Sachin Tendulkar was presented with which awardat Dubai for completing a century of 100international hundreds: Wisden IndiaOutstanding Achievement Award

512) Name the writer of the book Confront and ConcealDavid Sanger

513) Name the recently elected President of AlbaniaBujar Nishani

514) Name the player who has clinched a record seventhFrench Open Tennis title defeating world numberone Novak Djokovic of Serbia at Paris: Rafae

Nadal (Spain)

515) Who is the winner of the Indonesia Open SuperSeries title in Badminton held in Jakarta, IndonesiaSaina Nehwal

516) Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open Super Seriestitle beating______:Xuenui Li, China

517) Name the Chinese pilot who recently got the honouto become Chinas first woman astronaut andworlds 57th space woman when she went up inspaceship Shenzhou-9: Liu Yang

518) Name the India-born legendary ghazal maestrofrom Pakistan who passed away recently: Mehdi

Hassan519) Harmeet Desai, the first Indian to win the Brazil

Open table tennis held in Santos, Brazil has grabbedthe title by defeating_____________: BelgianCedric Nuytin

520) Name an Israeli scientist who has received WorldFood Prize2012, for his radically innovative way ofbringing water to crops in arid and dry-land regionsDaniel Hillel

521) Who has recently been sworn in as the ChiefProsecutor of the International Criminal Court:Fatou Bensouda (lawyer) of Gambia

522) Who had created the first model of the Apple

Computer: Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs523) Who has recently won the U.S. Open Gol

Championship held at San Francisco: WebbSimpson(USA)

524) Who is the author of the book End This DepressionNow: Paul Krugman

525) The recently elected Prime Minister of Greece isAntonis Samaras

526) Sekhar Basu has recently been appointed as theDirector of which institution: Bhabha Atomic


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Research Centre (BARC)

527) The Company of Women is written by:Khushwant Singh

528) The book English August has been written by:Upamanyu Chatterjee

529) Who has recently been conferred with thePresidential Medal of Freedom 2012, the highestcivilian honour given in the US: Bob Dylan

530) The Unfinished Memoirs is written by SheikhMujibur Rehman. Who was he: Founder and firstPresident of Bangladesh

531) Name the newly elected Prime Minister ofPakistan: Raja Parvez Ashraf (Pakistanpeoples Party)

532) Name the president of Paraguay who has beenimpeached by the parliament over his poor handlingof a deadly land dispute: Fernando Lugo

533) Who has been awarded the prestigious LifetimeAchievement Award by Rockfeller Foundation, NewYork: Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons (for hisinnovation in philanthropy)

534) The noted film director and writer Nora Ephron,who passed away recently, is from which country:USA

535) Which country has beaten Argentina to win SultanAzlan Shah Cup 2012: New Zealand

536) Which state has clinched both the boys and girlstitles in the 63rd National Junior BasketballChampionship held at Puducherry: Chhattisgarh

537) Where was Shanghai Cooperation OrganisationSummit recently held: Beijing

538) Name the island from where newly built satelliteGSAT-7 (made by ISRO) will be launched by an

Ariane-5 rocket: Kouron Island in FrenchGuiana

539) Name the countries which are still in the WHOspolio endemic list: Pakistan, Afghanistan,Nigeria

540) Which country has recently sought help from Indiato fight polio: Pakistan

541) What ways has been discussed in a three daymeeting of experts from 16 countries, which wouldradically reduce cargo transportation time betweenIndia ,Central Asia and Russia: InternationalNorth South Transport Corridor (INSTC)

542) On which day world environment day is celebrated:5th June

543) Name the manufacturer of tobacco cessation

products which has launched a National TobaccoCessation Quit Lineto mark the World No TobaccoDay: Nicorette

544) Name the foundation which is set to design thetoilet that does not require running water andwhose cost is very low: Bill and Melinda Gates

545) Which country has been under a state of emergencycontinuously since President Anwar Sadatsassassination in 1981 and recently it came to anend on May 31 as its last renewal expired: Egypt

546) Name the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ,ICBM

which has been successfully test fired by theRussian Strategic Rocket Forces (RVSN): Topol RS12M

547) Houla, a village where grisly massacre took placeand it led to worldwide condemnation is in whichcountry: Syria

548) ______________, the newly refurbished aircrafcarrier has recently been took to the sea fromSevmash shipyard in Russia: INS Vikramaditya

549) Name the original name of INS Vikramaditya , whichhas been purchased by India from RussiaGorshkov

550) The names of mascots of London Olympics 2012are_______________: Wenlock and Mandeville

551) Name the team which has won the CanadianFormula One Grand Prix (car race) at Montreal Canada: Britains Lewis Hamilton and hisMcLaren team

552) IIFA awards 2012 was held at which placeSingapore

553) Name the movie for which Ranbir Kapoor has beenawarded the best actor at IIFA 2012: Rockstar

554) Which film has been declared as the best film at

IIFA 2012 awards: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara555) The motto of Olympic is Citius,Altius,Fortius. What

does it mean:Swifter, Higher, Stronger

556) What is the motto for London Olympics: Inspirethe Generation

557) The European Southern Observatory has decided toset up the European Extremely Large Telescope, theE-ELT in__________: Chile

558) Which two countries have signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) to enhance co-operation inroad transportation: India and Canada

559) The United Nations Conference on SustainableDevelopment was held at ____________: Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil560) What is the another name for The United Nations

Conference on Sustainable Development: Rio+20or Rio Earth Summit 2012

561) What is the full form of NCLP: National ChildLabour Project

562) Name the sixth and the last of the Nilgiri class offrigates, which was damaged in an accident lastyear and has recently been decommissioned: INSVindhyagiri

563) As per survey of 214 cities worldwide Global HRservices firm Mercer has ranked Tokyo as the mostexpensive ,while ___________ is the least costly

place for expatriates: Karachi564) Which country has announced a 10 bn USDcontribution to the IMF to help the debt wrecked17-nation eurozone: India

565) Indu Chaudhary and Sakshi Malik who have wonthe gold medal in the 44 kg and 63 kg weightcategories in the Asian Junior WrestlingChampionship was held at:Almaty,Kazakhstan

566) Rajat Gupta has recently been found guilty by aManhattam court for passing confidential markeinformation to _________: Raj Rajaratnam(Galleon Hedge fund founder)


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567) A rare surviving first model of the Apple computerhas recently been sold for___________ at anauction by Sothebys in New York: $ 374,000

568) Name the Nigerias Islamist group, who wants toimpose Islamic Sharia Law in Nigeria: Boko Haram

569) The 52ND National Inter State senior athleticschampionship was held in which state: Hyderabad

570) Which state in western Myanmar has recentlywitnessed violent clashes between Buddhist andMuslim communities forcing some ninety thousandMuslims to flee from their homes: Rakhine

571) Which government has decided to allow Indiannationals who are regular international travellers toenter the country without a visa and can stay for upto 21 days: Philippines

572) As per a report issued by the United Nations HighCommission for Refugees, roughly how manyrefugees have been produced in the year 2011 dueto conflicts around the world: 8 Lakh

573) Which country has recently created the worldslargest network of marine reserves and will restrictfishing and oil and gas exploration in these areas asa major step to safeguard the environment:

Australia574) Sea cucumber is the name of a variety of__________: Sea animal (echinoderm)

575) The expanded form of ETC in context of highwaysis: Electronic Toll Collection

576) Which country has recently unveiled a bust ofRabindranath Tagore to mark his 150th birthanniversary: Israel

577) What is the expanded form of ASHA: AccreditedSocial Health Activists

578) India has recently organised the Delhi InvestmentSummit on Afghanistan with the support of:Confederation of Indian Industry

579) Rajat Gupta, eminent Indian American corporate

executive, who was found guilty of passingconfidential market information to Galleon HedgeFund founder, has recently been charged by theManhattan court for: the Insider Trading

580) The Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project isa joint initiative of which two countries: Myanmar -India

581) Which country has been selected as the host of nextCommonwealth Games: Scotland

582) Which country is Indias largest defense partner:Russia

583) Federal Reserves is the Central Bank of whichcountry: USA

584) In which international forum Myanmars opposition

leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivered her first speechoutside the country in June: UN LabourConference

585) What is the purpose of Red List compiled byInternational Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN): to identify endangered and threatenedspecies

586) Name the Indian company which has bagged theWorld Business & Development Award 2012 at theRio+20 United Nations Summit in Rio de Janeiro:ITC Limited (for its transformational rural

initiatives in social and farm forestry programmes inIndia)

587) Why the UN Global Earth Summit held at Rio deJaneiro is called Rio+20 conference: Because firstsuch summit was held 20 years ago at Rio deJaneiro

588) Indian women team has recently won the gold inkabaddi in the third Asian Beach Games held inHaiyang (China) by defeating the team of

_________: Thailand

589) Russia has recently completed the refitting of the____________, The Indian Navys Kilo-class dieselelectric submarine: INS Sindhurakshak

590) Where was the International conference for dealingwith the issues related to maritime piracy heldrecently: Dubai

MAY 2012

591) Supreme Court refused to stay which states HigCourt order that quashed 4.5% sub quota fominorities in central educational institutions: AndhrPradesh

592) What was the number of interlocutors appointed bCentral Government for reviewing the Kashmproblem: Three

593) Name the noted journalist who was appointed aone of the three interlocutor for the Kashmir reviewDileep Padgaonkar

594) Which country topped the survey of consumeconfidence in 123 countries, conducted by NielsenIndia

595) A report by Security and Defence Agenda (SDA) &McAfee has placed India at ________ rank in termof countries affected by Cyber Crime: 5th

596) A World Bank survey to asses global trade logisticperformance places India at _______ rank: 46th

597) According to finance ministry data, the per capitdebt in India was estimated at nearly Rs _______athe end of March 2012: 33,000

598) The internal debt of government is mainly on accounof ________ either from the market or even fromindividuals in the form of small savings: Borrowings

599) With which country India held its first JoinConsultative Commission meeting to review Teestwater treaty: Bangladesh

600) India Post is celebrating completion of 25 years owhich of its services: Speed Post

601) Which country will host the annual meeting of boarof governors of the Asian Development Bank: India

602) Which country has replaced China as largest importeof arms during 2007-11 period: India

603) India accounts for roughly ______ percent o

total global arms imports: 10

604) The Supreme Court recently struck down thgovernments policy of giving subsidies t

_________: Haj Pilgrims

605) Which state has introduced Sampoorna SwashtySabke Liye scheme to cover all its 52000 villagesMadhya Pradesh

606) Brazil is known for its high per hectare produce ocotton. Which Indian state has decided to follow


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Brazil pattern to improve its cotton production:Maharashtra

607) To promote tourism in Bihar, the state governmenthas offered 50% subsidy to what type of projects:Setting up of Dhabaas

608) Which state recently held a road show in Jeddah,Saudi Arabia to attract tourists from there: Kerala

609) Name the state that has announced anunemployment allowance of Rs. 1000 per month forits youth between 30 and 40 year of age: Uttar

Pradesh610) To attract investment from Japanese companies,

which state has signed a MoU with Mizuho CorporateBank, Japan: Karnataka

611) National Panchayati Raj Award for successfullyimplementing all Central Government Schemes hasbeen won by _________ district of Haryana:Kurukshetra

612) Government as increased interest rates on GeneralProvident Fund, GPF to ________ from 8.6% atpresent: 8.8 percent

613) The Tihar-Prisons-authori

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